The lawyer said he’s baffled that prosecutors pursued the case and that a youth judge oversaw a sentence that included probation and requiring the child to write a report about Kobe Bryant.
A 10-year-old Black child in Mississippi who urinated in public in August was sentenced Tuesday in youth court to three months’ probation, a decision the child’s attorney says was influenced by race.
Quantavious Eason, who is in the third grade, was arrested by Senatobia police Aug. 10 after a police officer saw him relieving himself outside next to his mom’s car when the woman was inside an attorney’s office, according to family attorney Carlos Moore.
Given the circumstances, any child would have done the same thing, Moore said. He noted there was no public restroom at the attorney’s office.
The thing that sticks out to me, that no one seems to be talking about, is this:
“…this week oversaw a sentence that included probation and requiring Quantavious to write a two-page report about Kobe Bryant.”
He’s charged with urinating outside. Already stupid and ridiculous. But then the judge assigns homework, which… What? And then it’s about Kobe Bryant which has what to do with urinating outside? Why Kobe Bryant?? Is there a public urination charge in his past I don’t know about? Did the judge ask “who’s your favorite person?” and assign homework based on that?
It’s a dumb thing to be concerned about, but it’s somehow even weirder to me than the rest of it.
Read in white news lady voice:
Quantavious Eason, the urban youth convicted in the case, is alleged by police to have yelled “I’m the Kobe Bryant of public urination” while urinating in front of the officers near his mother’s car.
Judge Smith, who oversaw the case, assigned Quantavious probabtion, and ordered him to write a two-page essay on Kobe Bryant, asking the boy:
court recording plays
Judge: WHAT is WRONG with you?
Quantavious: N-nothin I just really needed to pee…
Judge: Are you aware of Kobe Bryant’s dominance in the sport of basketball?
Quantavious: Ummm… Y-yes sir he’s the g-goat
Judge: Do you really think your pitiful little pee pee you did by your momma’s car puts you in the same league as Kobe? May he rest in peace…
Court: murmurs
Judge: Young man, you need to reflect on what you’ve done and take that stank off Kobe’s name.
Quantavious: But I didn’t even s-say that stuff though…
Judge: Is that back-talk? Alright. Probabtion. slams gavel
Quantavious: Sir I’m 10 years old…
Anybody here ever heard a 10-year- old use the term “public urination”?
Anyone?
LEGALIZE PISS
Well, how else should we punish children for…peeing in public? Should we beat them? No, that’s inhumane. Clearly the right answer is…checks notes… separate them from their families and stick them in a cage.
I mean it’s the American Way. We get them used to the cage when they’re young first and then when we throw them back in there later on
to be an actual slave for corporationsfor rehabilitation they are comfortable with it!
That case should have been tossed & the cop reprimanded & demoted.
The mom was with the lawyers and they didn’t give them access to a bathroom??? Were they hoping this to happen?
10 years old. What the fuck. Little man wasn’t attacking people or breaking shit. Insane
